BIRDS

The abolishment of slavery in the 19th century is recognized as one of the major turning points in the struggle for freedom. However, at the moment more people are 'owned' or forced to work then ever before.

The struggle to get rid of slavery started in Haïti in the wake of the French Revolution around 1800. Slave trade was illegal in the British Empire by the 1830's, by the 1840's in France and by the 1860's the United States and most other nations in the world followed.

As disagreements over slavery directly led to the American Civil War the abolition of slavery is an essential part of the history of the United States of America.

In this awkward cartoon from 1863 the American Bird of Freedom is congratulating the Black Bird.